And yet—You sha’n’t lie in the street;

I’ll drop you in the river.

Austin Dobson.

NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE

O FOR a lodge in a garden of cucumbers!

O for an iceberg or two at control!

O for a vale which at mid-day the dew cumbers!

O for a pleasure-trip up to the pole!

O for a little one-story thermometer,